The Westward Expansion

What it was like to be a Native American during this time.

The Westward Expansion

What it was like to be a Native American during this time.

What it was like to be a Native American during Westward Expansion

The indians were not very happy to be forced out of their own territory. After Andrew Jackson made it legal to move Native Americans out of their territory, they got very upset and did not want to go. So eventually that leaded to the American Indian wars and killed about 19,000 whites and 30,000 indians.

Some pictures of why they did not like the westward movement very much...

The Wars

The war that went on during the Westward Expansion were the American Indian wars. 19,000 Americans and 30,000 Native Americans died during this. There was 40 different wars between them during only 57 years!

Moved out!!

They were forced out of their homes so that the pioneers could live there. That was part of the Indian Removal Act made by Andrew Jackson. Some Native Americans did get to stay in their homes if they were willing to help pioneers. Although some were not to happy about that. So they left and tried to find a new place to live. But the thing was, after they left and found a new place to live, they were moved out again.

Many changes between the people

"The Act caused a lot of hardship and changed the relationship between the white people and Native Americans" (Native Americans and Westward Expansion). The Native Americans were not respected and did not respect the white after they were driven out of their territory.

The Wars

The war that went on during the Westward Expansion were the American Indian wars. 19,000 Americans and 30,000 Native Americans died during this. There was 40 different wars between them during only 57 years!

Moved out!!

They were forced out of their homes so that the pioneers could live there. That was part of the Indian Removal Act made by Andrew Jackson. Some Native Americans did get to stay in their homes if they were willing to help pioneers. Although some were not to happy about that. So they left and tried to find a new place to live. But the thing was, after they left and found a new place to live, they were moved out again.

Many changes between the people

"The Act caused a lot of hardship and changed the relationship between the white people and Native Americans" (Native Americans and Westward Expansion). The Native Americans were not respected and did not respect the white after they were driven out of their territory.

What it meant to be an American

Native Americans

To a Native American, being an American was not great. Being an American to them meant being pushed out of their land so the pioneers could have it. They felt like they were losing their rights to their own territory. Indians felt like being an American was not that amazing because pioneers were always taking their land and they had nowhere else to go. That is what being an American was like for them.